A real man is antiwar. A real man understands that being antiwar is an absolute. He knows that when he is truly on the defensive, he does not relish in conflict or the extermination of his enemy. He has only one thing in his mind: the end to conflict. A real man knows the possession […]
The Free Agent was perusing this Obama fan site when she happened upon a list of recent triumphs under the heading “Spike in Mass Struggles”. Skeptical, but open-minded as always, she probed deeper into the story of a Hugo Boss clothing factory in Brooklyn, Ohio, which was supposedly rescued from closure by members of the
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The Free Agent’s neighborhood is at the high-water mark of gentrification, so many of its houses were purchased during the new century’s home buying frenzy. Nevertheless, we are a happy and collegial group who enjoys the occasional neighborhood watch cocktail hour, or during last week’s splendid weather, a block party. It was at this outing,
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On this 223rd anniversary of the creation of the fundamental law of our land, we find ourselves heading for a constitutional crisis. If you think I’m exaggerating, consider the following: Voters are increasingly angry, resentful and have little confidence in government and elected officials The federal government is increasingly heavy-handed with its authority and is enacting and
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The Free Agent is saddened, but not surprised, that Mister Obama, oath of office not withstanding, has sided with terrorists against the First Amendment. In the President’s calculus, it is one of 350 million Americans exercising his right to burn a handful of dried wood pulp and ink that puts “our men and women in
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I just got back to my office after a little impromptu flyering at the various demonstrations near Ground Zero. There were lots of cops on horseback which usually means someone will need to clear up a certain amount of biological waste product. But there was as least as much verbal horse shit being shoveled as
9/11, Mosques, Third Parties and Horse Sh.. Read More »
When it first becomes obvious that you bet the farm and lost you had better find someone to blame. The best target is someone everybody already hates. First they went after those greedy bankers. It was the Wall Street greed that caused the meltdown despite all the good work the government could do. Never mind
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The Free Agent would like to take a break from her usual contemplation of how people may live together in peace and prosperity to ask: If a small number of people wished to enslave the majority, how best to go about it? Through most of history, would-be despots have favored brutality, but The Free Agent
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As The Free Agent’s atomic clock ticks down the months (yes, it ticks, as we who own them know) until the purchase of health insurance becomes required by law, she has been contemplating possible parallels between Obamacare and another compulsory insurance scheme, the conglomeration of state and federal programs known as unemployment insurance, or UI.